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"FOB" wrote:

I thought the ketones were from fat, showing that your body is burning fat
rather than glucose.

Billy wrote:
| The test is for ketones in the blood. This, IIRC, can be OK, but it
| might also be indicative of other problems.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003585.htm

What Abnormal Results Mean
A positive test may indicate:
€ Abnormal nutritional conditions
€ Anorexia
€ Fasting
€ High protein or low carbohydrate diets
€ Starvation
€ Disorders of increased metabolism
€ Acute or severe illness
€ Burns
€ Fever
€ Hyperthyroidism
€ Nursing a baby (lactation)
€ Postsurgical condition
€ Pregnancy
€ Metabolic abnormalities, including uncontrolled diabetes or
glycogen storage disease
€ Vomiting frequently over a long period of time
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- Billy
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